isneezedonthebeet:

mens-rights-activia:

mens-rights-activia:

Uhm I literally can’t believe I have to say this but uhhhh pedophilia is not a sexual orientation lmaooo

First of all, sexual orientation is on the basis of sex or gender and children are not a class of gender or sex lmaooo.

I’m bringing this up especially because the right wing has long been trying to couple and group non-heterosexuality with pedophilia, saying that the normalization of non-heterosexuality, is a slippery slope that leads to pedophilia.

Also recently, I have noticed that the language describing pedophilia has been changing to the point that some people are calling it a sexual orientation, which quite frankly is not only offensive but also extremely extremely dangerous.

Pedophilia is not, nor should it ever be considered a sexual orientation. It is a paraphilia. A paraphilia is an abnormal sexual desire that typically involves extreme and or dangerous activities. All of which define pedophilia.

(side note: I hate how otherwise harmless and consensual acts are considered paraphilia just because it’s uncommon. I think it should be reserved for the most extreme of things such as pedophilia or necrophilia)

I strongly believe that anyone who has pedophilic desires should be able to ask for and receive help before they consume or commit anything that is harmful to a child, past or present.

However ever, it is extremely harmful and not helpful to anyone, to call it a sexual orientation especially given the history of lgbt people, especially gay men, in relation to being accused as sexual predators.

Anyway, here’s a collection of images to further illustrate why it’s important to not call pedophilia a sexual orientation because it’s exactly what the right wants. They’ve been on a long campaign trying to spread that the lgbt community condones pedophilia:

Obviously to anyone familiar with internet trolls these images are right winged sock puppet propaganda but to a person who isn’t that informed on internet trolling or to someone with deepseated homophobia, these are all the support they need to suddenly call for the revoking of lgbt rights or the furthering of lgbt rights their country.

So again, pedophilia is not a sexual orientation. It’s a paraphilia, it’s abnormal, it’s not okay, it’s harmful, and absolutely needs intervention.

PEDOPHILIA IS NOT A SEXUAL ORIENTATION!!! I REPEAT PEDOPHILIA IS NOT A SEXUAL ORIENTATION!